Maya the Bee
In 1983, André Roche began creating small three dimensional characters to put in the chocolate eggs called "Kinder Surprise", manufactured by the Ferrero company. The first ones he did were to expand the "Happy Frogs" (1986) and "Tapsy Turtles" (1987) series. He also drew the model sheets and the puzzles for the licensed series "Taotao" (="Pandi-Panda"), Pumuckl, Disney's version of The Jungle Book (1967 film) characters, Maya the Bee, Donald Duck, the Smurfs, the Aristocats, and Mickey Mouse.