Toymaker carves out stunning comeback
She built an empire – then lost everything ... now she’s back
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Anamalz founder Louise Causon sat down with Matt Johnston for the Herald Sun’s Big V Interview, published across two pages on Saturday 24 October 2026.
The interview follows the story from a doll’s house her father built when she was a child, to a first range of 12 animals taken to the Nuremberg Toy Fair in 2007, and the growth that followed.
I think people either get it or they don’t. The ones that get it, just love it.
Getting knocked down, and getting up again
Louise talks openly about the years when a distribution deal collapsed and the business had to start again, and how it was rebuilt with new distributors, the Barnfields farming range and a Christmas collection.
The feature closes with Off the Record, a Q&A on everything from her first job to her dream concert.
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