Portal reportedly an expansion for Lego Dimensions

Last month, Warner Bros unveiled Lego Dimensions, a Skylanders-like toys-to-life venture which marries physical minifigures and models with a new videogame.

Characters from the likes of Lord Of The Rings, Back To The Future and The Lego Moviehave already been confirmed, as the first trailer featured such characters as Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle.

Thanks to some information accidentally published by US retail giant Walmart (and spotted by the eagle-eyed Brick Inquirer), we now know that Valve's classic puzzler Portal is also joining the Lego Dimensions universe. This backs up earlier speculation that the barely-seen protagonist of that game, Chell, was among a number of characters seen in a blurry line-up of forthcoming figures:

The listing has since been removed from Walmart's site, but the cat's portal jumped its way out of the bag; thanks to the leaked info, we now know there will be plenty more characters in the offing as well, with expansion packs adding characters from things like Jurassic World, The Simpsons, and Scooby-Doo.

Given that Valve isn't exactly rushing to get Portal 3 into shops, the game's appearance in Lego Dimensions could be a welcome stop-gap.

In fairness, the clamor over Nintendo's own toys-to-life line, amiibo, has become so over-heated that collecting a complete set of those figures could cost you a small fortune - assuming you're willing to pay the ridiculously high prices sought by sellers on eBay, that is.

While the Lego Portal expansion hasn't been formally announced as yet, that it was listed by Walmart as a "Level Pack" - which means it should come with a minifigure, two models and an add-on level for the game. 

Lego Dimensions is out on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Wii U on Sept. 27.

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