Le Creuset x Star Trek Collection: Prices, availability, release date
Le Creuset x Star Trek Collection: Prices, availability, release date
Le Creuset x 星际迷航联名系列：价格、发售渠道与日期
Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the penne outweigh the needs of the stew, or the bun. While this would have been a gloriously fan-faithful reason for Le Creuset, the French-Belgian maker of colorful cookware for more than a century, to materialize its new limited-edition Star Trek collection, the range is being launched in celebration of 60 years of the cult sci-fi show.
逻辑清楚地表明，通心粉的需求胜过炖菜或面包的需求。虽然这对于拥有百年历史、以色彩缤纷的厨具闻名的法比合资品牌 Le Creuset 来说，是一个向粉丝致敬的绝佳理由，但此次推出全新的《星际迷航》限量版系列，主要是为了庆祝这部经典科幻剧集诞生 60 周年。
No matter, because when you have such stellar items as Vulcan oven mitts, shuttlecraft baking dishes, and—perhaps best of all—a cheese grater in the shape of the classic Trek communicator (which has somewhat wonderfully been nicknamed the “Communi-grator” by Le Creuset’s design team), there’s only cause for celebration in the cosmos.
但这并不重要，因为当你拥有瓦肯人隔热手套、穿梭机造型烤盘，以及最棒的——以经典《星际迷航》通讯器为造型的奶酪擦丝器（Le Creuset 设计团队将其戏称为“Communi-grator”）时，整个宇宙都值得庆祝。
Going on sale today, to coincide with the space series’ 60th anniversary, the limited-edition collection has actually been in development for years after Le Creuset approached Paramount to collaborate on the kitchen kit in time for the landmark birthday. Le Creuset is no stranger to fun mashups, with its recent 2024 Pokemon collection being snapped up almost instantly (those looking to get pieces now have to scour the likes of eBay for items way over original retail prices).
该限量系列于今日发售，恰逢该太空系列剧集 60 周年纪念。事实上，该系列已开发多年，Le Creuset 在几年前就联系了派拉蒙影业，旨在为这一里程碑式的生日准备联名厨具。Le Creuset 对这种有趣的跨界合作并不陌生，其近期推出的 2024 宝可梦系列几乎瞬间被抢购一空（现在想要入手的买家只能在 eBay 等平台上以远高于原价的价格搜寻）。
As well as the 15 cm Communi-grator for $68, foodies looking for Federation-themed gear might appreciate the $500 Enterprise round casserole pot complete with Starfleet insignia knob, or the $450 Klingon shallow casserole dish with trefoil “Heart of Virtue” knob—both in cast iron. Inside the Enterprise NCC-1701 pot is the legend “to boldly go”, while the Klingon dish offers up an encouraging “Qapla!” (“success” in Klingon), handy for experimental cooking.
除了售价 68 美元的 15 厘米“通讯器”擦丝器外，追求联邦主题装备的美食家们或许会青睐售价 500 美元的企业号圆形炖锅（配有星际舰队徽章锅钮），或是售价 450 美元的克林贡浅炖锅（配有三叶草造型的“美德之心”锅钮）——两者均为铸铁材质。企业号 NCC-1701 炖锅内侧刻有“勇往直前”（to boldly go）的字样，而克林贡炖锅则刻有鼓舞人心的“Qapla!”（克林贡语中的“成功”），非常适合进行烹饪实验。
Carrying culinary adventures into the unknown comes the Le Creuset x Star Trek: Galileo shuttlecraft casserole dish ($150), which has a roomy 1.6 liters of space inside. Vulcan votaries are well catered for with the $35 Spock ear mug (perfect for Vulcan spice tea), complete with gold detailing along the rim as a nod to the Starfleet uniform; the $55 Spock hand spoon rest; and the whimsical Vulcan salute “live long and prosper” oven mitt, resplendent in signature Star Trek baby blue for $40.
为了将烹饪冒险带入未知领域，Le Creuset 推出了售价 150 美元的“伽利略号”穿梭机炖锅，内部拥有 1.6 升的宽敞空间。瓦肯人的拥趸们也能找到心仪之物：售价 35 美元的史波克耳朵马克杯（非常适合冲泡瓦肯香料茶），杯沿带有致敬星际舰队制服的金色装饰；售价 55 美元的史波克手势勺托；以及售价 40 美元、采用《星际迷航》标志性婴儿蓝配色、印有“生生不息，繁荣昌盛”（live long and prosper）瓦肯举手礼图案的趣味隔热手套。
Not merely content with digitally launching the collection online, Le Creuset engaged Sent Into Space to boldly send its Enterprise casserole dish where no pan has gone before—more than 111,000 feet above the Earth, atop 99.5 percent of the planet’s atmosphere. While obviously a blatant (albeit fitting) marketing stunt, there’s actually some considerable logistics to overcome in sending a cast-iron pot to the edge of space.
Le Creuset 不满足于仅在网上进行数字化发布，还聘请了 Sent Into Space 公司，大胆地将企业号炖锅送往“锅具从未到达过的地方”——地球上方超过 111,000 英尺的高空，即地球大气层 99.5% 的高度。虽然这显然是一个明目张胆（但也十分贴切）的营销噱头，但将一个铸铁锅送往太空边缘确实需要克服相当复杂的物流挑战。
Sent Into Space co-founder Chris Rose had the task of launching the pot in the stratosphere via a space-capable balloon taller than the height of The White House, where it stayed for 1 hour, 19 minutes, and 4 seconds enduring temperatures down to -63.4°C (-82.12°F). “Because of the weight, we had to give some serious consideration to how we were going to hold things, making sure everything was very balanced,” Rose tells WIRED. Rose and his team also have to rely on simulations to take into account considerations such as where will the pot land as it’s parachuted back down to Earth, as well as how to avoid bodies of water and built-up areas, for example.
Sent Into Space 的联合创始人 Chris Rose 负责通过一个比白宫还要高的太空探测气球将炖锅发射到平流层。炖锅在平流层停留了 1 小时 19 分 4 秒，经受住了低至 -63.4°C 的严寒。“由于重量原因，我们必须认真考虑如何固定物品，确保一切保持平衡，”Rose 告诉《连线》杂志。Rose 和他的团队还必须依靠模拟计算来考虑诸如炖锅通过降落伞返回地球时的着陆点，以及如何避开水域和人口密集区等问题。
“The legal authorities within the aviation community need to know. We can’t have a Le Creuset casserole dish floating past the window of an airborne A380 as it makes its way off to some destination,” Rose says. “So we are in constant communication, both from a flight-clearance perspective before this ever leaves the ground, to onboard systems for telemetry and communication.” Indeed, in the early stages of reentry, Rose says the Enterprise casserole dish reached speeds in excess of 300 mph before slowing and landing safely in Lincolnshire, England.
“航空界的法律部门必须知情。我们不能让一个 Le Creuset 炖锅在 A380 客机飞往目的地时从窗外飘过，”Rose 说。“因此，我们保持着持续的沟通，从起飞前的飞行许可，到机载遥测和通信系统。”事实上，Rose 表示，在重返大气层的初期阶段，企业号炖锅的速度超过了每小时 300 英里，随后减速并安全降落在英国林肯郡。
Back on terra firma, the Le Creuset x Star Trek collection should serve cadets and captains alike, provided you can secure your selections before stock vanishes like a cloaked Bird-of-Prey.
回到地面，Le Creuset x 星际迷航系列应该能满足学员和舰长们的需求——前提是你得在库存像隐形的猛禽舰一样消失之前，抢购到心仪的商品。