The Black Rock

Category: Lost-inspired apparel

As you may have already noticed, ABC has finally given the green light for Lost fans to create their own Lost-themed gear at Cafe Press. There are all kinds of great designs to choose from, such as this shirt.

The Loophole will continue to bring you more of what we believe to be the most innovative and clever designs to showcase fans’ creativity.

8 facts about the Black Rock:

1. It’s a British ship that set sail from Portsmouth, England in 1845.
2. Kate and Jack found skeletons of slaves shackled together inside the hull when they went looking for dynamite.
3. Charlie read in Claire’s diary that she had a dream about a “black rock.”
4. The first mate of the ship kept a journal that was later auctioned off and purchased by Charles Widmore.
5. Strangely, the Black Rock is currently shipwrecked inland–in an area Rousseau referred to as “the dark territory.” It’s an area where the smoke monster is highly active.
6. In Rousseau’s distress signal she mentions that she’ll “try to make it to the Black Rock.”
7. Jacob and his nemesis apparently watched the ship sail toward the island.
8. The members of the DHARMA Initiative seem to have no knowledge of the Black Rock.

Taweret

Category: Miscellaneous Lost-inspired items

Toting this bag around from now until May will help you meet fellow Lost fans wherever you may be.

4 facts about the Taweret statue:

1. She is the Egyptian goddess of birth and rebirth.
2. She holds an ankh in each hand.
3. Her size is estimated to be 240-250 feet tall, the height of a 30-story office building.
4. There is evidence that she was fully intact when the Black Rock arrived on the island.

The Many Looks of Ben Linus

Category: Lost-inspired home decor

Susie from Virginia created this hilarious compilation of the “magical time-traveling wardrobe of Ben Linus.” It’s definitely a print worth ordering.

Also celebrating the many looks of Ben Linus, is a rather unique site called Ben Linus in Hats which is sure to bring a smile to your face, or at the very least make you shake your head and roll your eyes (scroll down to “John and Ben+10″).

Elements of Lost

Category: Miscellaneous Lost-inspired items

How about a magnet with your favorite Lost character’s name spelled out using elements from the periodic table?

These exceptionally creative little magnets were designed by Julie, a high school chemistry teacher from Santa Clarita, CA. Julie says she and her science students talk Lost all the time and can’t wait for season 6 to begin.

Visit Julie’s shop Gibberish to see how cool the elements can be.

Attention Creative Fans

Category: Miscellaneous Lost-inspired items

Lost: Unraveling the Mystery is a new documentary that focuses on how Lost fans have attempted to solve the show’s mysteries over the past 6 years.

The producers of the DVD are holding a contest in conjuction with its release and the winners of that contest will receive a pot of sand from the island of Oahu–yes, a little piece of the island to keep forever. (Click here to read the press release for the contest or visit www.pushingthebutton.com for more information.)

With such a unique prize at stake, the documentary’s producers are in need of an equally unique Lost-inspired pot or container in which to place the sand from Oahu. Since The Loophole is where the most creative and artistically minded Lost fans can be found, it only makes sense that someone from our community would create the holders. So here’s the deal:

1. Make a Lost-inspired pot/container capable of holding sand from Oahu.

2. Take a picture of it.

3. Email a photo of the container to theloopholelostforum@yahoo.com. (Or, if you already have an Etsy store just post it there and send me a link.)

4. The creators of the Top 3 containers will WIN A FREE COPY of Lost:Unraveling the Mystery and their containers will be shown to the producers!

There isn’t time to waste–the deadline is February 16.

Geronimo Jackson

Category: Lost-inspired apparel

Here’s a little something to wear whether you’re headed to Sunset on the Beach and the Destiny Calls tour this weekend or just staying home to plan your premiere party.

8 facts about Geronimo Jackson:

1. Charlie and Hurley found the Geronimo Jackson album Magna Carta in the Swan’s LP collection.
2. A poster for the band was hanging inside the locker that a 16-year-old John Locke got pushed into.
3. A  vinyl cover is lying next to the DJ at Hurley’s surprise birthday party.
4. Jin is listening to the song “Dharma Lady” by Geronimo Jackson while riding in the DHARMA van.
5. The song “Dharma Lady” is also playing in the background after the 1977 DHARMA recruits have their picture taken.
6. A concert poster is hanging on the wall of the DHARMA Initiative cafeteria.
7. Several ancillary characters have been seen wearing Geronimo Jackson T-shirts.
8. The producers claim the band is a real but obscure group from the “Haight-Ashbury scene.”

Peace, Love, Lost

Category: Miscellaneous Lost-inspired items

Every baby belonging to a Lost fan needs this bib:

4 facts about baby Aaron:

• Charlie nicknamed Aaron “Turniphead.” In the Japanese film Howl’s Moving Castle, the character Turniphead turns out to be a missing prince under a witch’s spell.
• Aaron in the Bible is a descendant of Jacob. He was the first high priest of the Israelites.
• A pillar of cloud that proceeded the Israelites disappeared at Aaron’s death. It is said that Aaron was not buried but that his body was placed in a cave.
• More than 50 babies portrayed Aaron during the first three seasons of Lost.

Notes from the Island

Category: Lost-inspired paper goods

Katie from Rexburg, Idaho lives in a house full of Lost fanatics, (including her daughter who are toddlers). She designed these greeting cards that come in a set of six. You can choose whichever characters you like most, and if you don’t see your favorite character, let her know and she’ll create a new card for you. At just $5 a set, you can’t go wrong. Buy a bunch of them to use as invitations (or favors) for your season 6 premiere party.

Down the Rabbit Hole

Category: Lost-inspired jewelry

Emily from West Virginia is certain of two things: that her love for Benjamin Linus borders on unhealthy and that every female Lost fan should own her own pair of white rabbit earrings. Learn more about Emily at her blog Tea and Laundry.

8 facts about white rabbits:

1. A poster of The White Rabbit from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is seen hanging on Aaron’s bedroom door when he’s living with Kate.
2. Jack’s first flashback episode is entitled “White Rabbit” while his first flash-forward episode is entitled “Through the Looking Glass.”
3. The logo for the DHARMA Initiative station The Looking Glass is a white rabbit.
4. The Geronimo Jackson concert poster hanging in the DHARMA cafeteria contains a picture of The White Rabbit from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
5. In Stephen King’s book On Writing he discusses a writing exercise that involves a white rabbit in a cage with the number 8 on its back.
6. Miles uncovers a key to an apartment under a statue of a white rabbit with the number 8 inside its ear.
7. In the Orchid orientation film, Pierre Chang holds up a white rabbit with the number 15 on it.
8. The first book Sawyer reads on the beach is Watership Down, a book about a group of rabbits in search of a new home.

A Journal for 2010

Category: Lost-inspired paper goods

If your friends and family members have ever chided you for your ability to weave your Lost knowledge and theories into every conversation, perhaps you need this to kick off the new year: