NECA -- National Entertainment Collectibles Association -- was set to create a line of replica portal guns for public purchase in May or June this year, but it has stopped production on the piece, citing "issues" and "no longer planning on making it for the foreseeable future," an email from distributor Entertainment Earth reads. "The item was never produced, and to the best of our knowledge will not be delivered to any retailer at this time."

Entertainment Earth has logged a protest with NECA, but for now it seems we'll all be $130 richer and a million-fold more heartbroken.

This is just classic Valve. Not that Valve actually has anything to do with this particular item, producer or distributor, but if it didn't create such wonderful games no one would be able to promise things such as a life-size, light-up replica portal gun, only to suddenly cancel their production without explanation. Classic Valve.

[Thanks, Matthew]