Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4140661-20160508191136/@comment-24669364-20160521111748

AgentGodzillaRangerPrime wrote: The way I see it: "I Am Iron Man" 2008 >A Year later> Vanko finishes his arc reactor 2009 >6 months later> Stark Expo 2010/Hearing at the Capitol/Stark surprises Pepper >a couple months later> Natalie Rushman signs in Potts as CEO/Fury's Big Week 2011

The "6 months later" in the film should now refer to the time between Vanko finishing his arc reactor and the start of the Stark Expo, rather than starting from "I Am Iron Man". Vanko could've taken close to a year after "I Am Iron Man" to finish his arc reactor. He was watching it LIVE. So that  point is pointless (no pun intended).