Currently there are a number of good 25mm figures on the market. The battle
tech lines also have two excellent infantry platoon packs as well as a
number of good single figures. RAFM also has a few really excellent
figures in their line. There is also a toy line called Expanders which
produced a excellent set of figures for 25mm (unfortunately these are hard
to come by now as they are out of production). Many of the Warhammer 40K
figures are also usable in Traveller. You can also look for a return
sometime in the future of the Traveller figures.
As for vehicles well you just have to make your own. Your best bet is to
shop at various stores for acceptable source material. Packaging material
can make some great vehicles with a little imagination and also works well
for futuristic buildings. My wife has given up on asking why I keep
anything anymore. Frank Chadwick is using Leggs panty hose containers for
25mm landers (he made balsa legs for them). I am collecting deodorant
containers for my landers. I even found one package in the trash here a
work that looks exactly like a small shuttle. There are also a number of
the smaller G.I Joe vehicles that work fairly well for 25mm with a minimum
of conversion. Other sources are old model kits. The Starwars line
actually had several 25mm kits (the A wing and X wing). Check your local
Toys R Us for what is on sale and then use your imagination. The Expanders
vehicles are often on sale and while they are not a constant scale for the
figures they are excellent starting places for parts.
For my 25mm unit I am using the following: one each of the battletech
packs for main line infantry. Several of the single figure battletech or
RAFM figures for commanders. The APC will be a G.I.Joe vehicle that was an
AA rocket launcher thing with the rockets cut off an the figure seat
covered over (this gives a real nice APC with a fighting compartment on
top). Artillery is from another G.I.Joe vehicle that had this cherry picker
gun assembly (gun removed made a nice futuristic artillery piece). G.I.Joe
vehicles were on sale for less than $3 at the local mall toy store. Air
support will be Starwars A wings (which I overbought when I was making my
15mm Striker company about eight years ago).
Non Cuniculus Est,
Tom Harris