{"id":453483,"date":"2026-05-31T02:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T02:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/453483\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T02:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T02:27:11","slug":"to-celebrate-the-long-awaited-arrival-of-007-first-light-ive-hunted-out-the-best-tie-in-merch-you-can-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/453483\/","title":{"rendered":"To celebrate the long-awaited arrival of 007 First Light, I&#8217;ve hunted out the best tie-in merch you can buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-43c220ed-832d-49e4-ae17-934d4c2838d2\">For Bond fans, it&#8217;s been a tough few years. Until this month, the last new Bond &#8216;thing&#8217; was No Time to Die way back in 2021 \u2014 too long to be without everyone&#8217;s favorite sexist, misogynist dinosaur. But now, finally, there&#8217;s some new Bond to get stuck into&#8230; for gamers, at least.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few days ago, 007 First Light finally went on sale on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X\/S (a Switch 2 version is due later this year). This third-person shooter game from IO Interactive is being treated with the kind of fanfare usually reserved for the movies.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-43c220ed-832d-49e4-ae17-934d4c2838d2-2\">If you&#8217;re a Bond devotee, owning the game (the recipient of four shiny TechRadar stars in our <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/gaming\/007-first-light-review\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/gaming\/007-first-light-review\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/gaming\/007-first-light-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">007 First Light review<\/a>) is unlikely to be enough. You&#8217;ll be wanting some merch.<\/p>\n<p>Below, I&#8217;ve rounded up the best options in the US and UK. I&#8217;ll say up top that UK shoppers have a much wider pool of merch to choose from right now. Aside from a range of somewhat uninspiring official T-shirts and a golden controller, fans in the US are limited to the game&#8217;s collector&#8217;s editions. You can choose between the Legacy Edition (with a rather poorly reviewed golden gun figurine and display stand) or the Collector&#8217;s Edition (with an unsettling life-size mask of First Light Big Bad Damien Webb), plus a handful of other physical collectibles and digital goodies with either bundle.<\/p>\n<p>UK Bond-ites have the same special game editions to choose from, too \u2014 provided they haven&#8217;t sold out. What&#8217;s more, they can bypass the official tees because they have a range of premium 007-inspired apparel to choose from, courtesy of British menswear brand Orlebar Brown. You will need slightly deeper pockets, though, because you&#8217;d be able to buy 11 First Light official T-shirts for the price of one natty toweling short-sleeved shirt or pair of intimidatingly snug swim shorts from Orlebar Brown.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a deeper-pocketed UK fan, perhaps you should just make your way to Omega and grab yourself a game-themed Seamaster dive watch, which bucks the trend of tie-in merch by being both subtle and stylish. If you&#8217;re feeling less flush, there&#8217;s always the special edition rum.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-us-picks\"\/>US picks<a id=\"elk-collectionwidget-81100732e192ab420f7f0a2fc0c9679b\"\/><a id=\"elk-uk-picks\"\/>UK picks<a id=\"elk-collectionwidget-a05cd53b6ba10dc2c5a2479e118b81cc\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-507ef8dc-ec57-4a42-8c4e-8802b4af5cd9\" data-url=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78.jpg\" alt=\"Google logo on a black background next to text reading 'Click to follow TechRadar'\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78.jpg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] pull-rightinline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-022538a3-8996-4125-901c-520e577ebb17\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Follow TechRadar on Google News<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=techradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=techradar.com\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">add us as a preferred source<\/a> to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Bond fans, it&#8217;s been a tough few years. 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