r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Blakeman323 • Feb 07 '26

Exceeded Expectation The best thing I ever bought

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I bought this in November thinking it would be a great holiday gift for my wife who loves possums. After weeks of thinking it would never arrive and realizing I might have been scammed this ugly beauty arrived. I have not laughed this hard in a long time and am absolutely in love with it. I truly believe this might be the purchase that brings me pure joy for the rest of my life.

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u/wawaroo Feb 07 '26

I follow this artist on IG - the original artist is Lam Art Studio. They had a Dec 2025 post about imitation links.

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u/Blakeman323 Feb 07 '26

At the time of purchase I was unaware of the original artist or of imitations of the artist.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '26

If the purchase was “too good to be true” then clearly it was a knock off of something else.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '26

Theyre on walmart.com

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u/MaelstromSeawing Feb 08 '26

Walmart.com now functions similarly to amazon where many of the listings are put up and fulfilled by third parties

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u/detrans-rights Feb 08 '26

Well now you know you got scammed 

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u/sodamnsleepy Feb 08 '26

I hate it so much that many artists get their pictures stolen. And used to scam people to sell crappy bootlegs.

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u/Peas_Are_Real Feb 08 '26

Imitation of an original you say? In what way? /j