TIMELINE

THREELOGOSHISTORY

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 June 11-14, 1998 Lawrence E. Pacheco attends the 1998 Superman Celebration in Metropolis Illinois. tinyposters_Metropolis19981999
 July, 1998 Superman Portrayals website is launched.  Plans are set in motion for a Hawaii based Superman club. Preliminary promotion begins at local comicbook stores. tinyposters_SupermanPortrayalsSite1998
 June 10-14, 1999  Lawrence E. Pacheco attends the 1999 Superman Celebration in Metropolis Illinois. tinyposters_Metropolis19981999
 January, 2000  Occasional Orb on-line publication is launched on the Superman Portrayals website which reports on “comicbook heroes and/or their screen incarnations.” It has a 5 issue run until Superman Portrayals ceases updating by the end of October 2000. tinyposters_OccasionalOrbVolume12000
 June 8-11, 2000 Lawrence E. Pacheco attends the 2000 Superman Celebration in Metropolis Illinois. tinyposters_Metropolis2000
 July 5, 2000  The Superman Fans & Collectors Club of Hawaii is formed and the SupermanHawaii.com website is launched. tinyposters_SupermanHawaii2000
 June 7-10, 2001 Lawrence E. Pacheco attends the 2001 Superman Celebration in Metropolis Illinois. tinyposters_Metropolis2001
January 12, 2002 Now called the Superman Fan and Collectors Convention of Hawaii, the first SupermanHawaii.com event is held at Leeward Community College. Feature presentation: an extended version of Superman: The Movie. tinyposters_SupermanEvent12002
April 13, 2002 The second SupermanHawaii.com event is held at Leeward Community College. Feature presentation: selected Fleisher Superman cartoons. tinyposters_SupermanEvent22002
June 6-9, 2002 Lawrence E. Pacheco attends the 2002 Superman Celebration in Metropolis Illinois. tinyposters_Metropolis2002
October 12, 2002 The third SupermanHawaii.com event is held at Leeward Community College. Feature presentation: selected episodes of The Adventures of Superman. tinyposters_SupermanEvent32002
 June 12-15, 2003 Lawrence E. Pacheco attends the 2003 Superman Celebration in Metropolis Illinois. tinyposters_Metropolis2003
July 12, 2003 The fourth SupermanHawaii.com event, which is now held annually, is once again at Leeward Community College.  Attendance more than doubles and celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Superman III. tinyposters_SupermanEvent2003
October, 2003 Plans are set in motion for a supplemental monthly fan night. SupermanHawaiiFanNight2003
May, 2004 Superman Portrayals website becomes a part of SupermanHawaii.com. The merger offers visitors a wide range of Superman related topics at one location. tinyposters_PortrayalsMerger2004
July 10. 2004 The 2004 SupermanHawaii.com event is, once again, held at Leeward Community College.  Attendance more than doubles again.  Feature presentation: an animated double feature of Superman: The Last Son of Krypton and the Justice League pilot. tinyposters_SupermanEvent2004
October 19, 2004 Candlelight vigil held in memory of Christopher Reeve in Waikiki. tinyposters_ReeveCandlelighVigil2004
November 20, 2004 First Hawaii Superman Fan Night held. SupermanHawaiiFanNight2003
February 2005    SupermanHawaii.com 3.0 premieres! A brand new look combined with even more features. SupermanHawaii3point02005
February 25-27, 2005 SupermanHawaii.com booth at the 2005 Collectors Expo at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. On display are various collectibles and the 6′ 9″ Warner Bros. Superman statue. tinyposters_CollectorsExpoBooth2005
July 13-17, 2005 SupermanHawaii.com visits the 2005 San Diego Comic Con and reports on the Superman Returns and Justice League Unlimited presentations. tinyposters_SanDiegoComicCon2005 width=
 July 23-24, 2005 Hawaii All-Collectors Show 2005 booth at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. Many Superman Collectibles were on display and the public was informed about the special events planned for December’s SFCCH 2005. tinyposters_CollectorsExpoBooth2005
 September 15, 2005 Occasional Orb on-line publication is re-launched on SupermanHawaii.com and features in-depth articles by additional writers. tinyposters_OccasionalOrbVolume22005
December 10, 2005 The 2005 SupermanHawaii.com event held at the Best Western Plaza Hotel in Honolulu. Actress Noel “Lois Lane” Neill and Film Historian John Field become the first official V.I.P. guests. Presentation includes a film festival and an autograph session with Ms. Neill. Associate Coordinator Steven Kanzaki wins a SupermanHawaii.com Award. tinyposters_SupermanEvent2005
December 17, 2005 The 2005 SupermanHawaii.com event is mentioned on the K5 News at 9 Buzz with Diane Ako. K5 News at 9 Buzz
January 4, 2006 SupermanHawaii.com is approached by Warner Bros. to help promote the upcoming Superman Returns film. Promotion included movie status updates and contest giveaways. SupermanReturns2006
 June 30, 2006 The 2006 SupermanHawaii.com event held at the premiere of Superman Returns at Ward 16 Theatres in Honolulu.  SupermanHawaii.com hosts Superman Returns interns from the University of Hawaii‘s Academy for Creative Media who show behind the scenes photos and share their experiences.   Attendees also answered questions at the SupermanHawaii.com table while waiting to be let into the theatre. Just before the movie, three contestants answered a trivia question. The winner received a Superman prize pack. tinyposters_SupermanEvent2006
April, 2007 SupermanHawaii.com and all its events are put on an indefinite hiatus. tinyposters_SupermanHawaiiHiatus2007
June 11, 2010 The Noel Neill Lois Lane statue is unveiled in Metropolis Illinois. Thanks to donations from members, among the bricks at the base of the statue is a brick reading:
SUPERMANHAWAII.COM“.
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July 11, 2014 Scott Shinsato appears on the Hawaii News Now morning show Sunrise, with Superman and Batman collectibles, to promote the upcoming World’s Finest: A Superman/Batman Exhibit at the 2014 Hawaii All-Collectors Show at the Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.
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July 13, 2014 Superman collector Lawrence E. Pacheco and Batman collector Scott Shinsato showcase selected pieces from their collections at a one-day exhibit called World’s Finest: A Superman/Batman Exhibit at the 2014 Hawaii All-Collectors Show at the Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. Many attendees came to the show specifically to see the exhibit and some came in costume.
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July 16, 2014 Nerdcotics.com features an article dedicated to the coverage of the World’s Finest: A Superman/Batman Exhibit at the 2014 Hawaii All-Collectors Show at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall with brief interviews of Lawrence E. Pacheco and Scott Shinsato. tinyposters_NerdcoticsCoverage2014
February 1, 2016 Lawrence E. Pacheco and Scott Shinsato and their Superman and Batman collections are featured in the February/March 2016 issue of HILuxury Magazine.
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February 5, 2016 SupermanHawaii.com 4.0 gets a re-branding. In an effort to represent all the aspects of the group, the “convention” word is dropped from the title and is now known as Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii. A new logo is also unveiled.
SupermanHawaiiRelaunch2016
February 12, 2016 SupermanHawaii.com’s new YouTube site is launched.
SupermanHawaiiYouTubeRelaunch2016
February 15, 2016 SupermanHawaii.com’s Google+ site is launched.
SupermanHawaiiGooglePlusLaunch2016
February 22, 2016 SupermanHawaii.com’s Facebook site is launched.
SupermanHawaiiRFacebookLaunch2016
February 29, 2016 After a long hiatus, Superman Fan Night returns to celebrate Superman‘s Leap-Birthday at California Pizza Kitchen in Ala Moana Center.  Myron Siu wins the prize pack which includes comicbooks and trading cards.
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March 19, 2016 Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii appears at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana Center to help celebrate Batman v Superman Day.  The event, sponsored by DC Entertainmentfeatures trivia and giveaways. tinyposters_BvSDay2016
March 24, 2016 Members of Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii attend a showing of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice at Ward 16 Theatres in Honolulu. tinyposters_BvSDay2016
May 7, 2016 Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii teams with Dragon’s Lair Comics & Collectibles to celebrate Free Comic Book Day in a unique way by donating comic books to Ronald McDonald House of Honolulu and Shriners Hospitals for Children of Honolulu. tinyposters_FCBD2016
August 19, 2017 Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the motion picture Superman IV: The Quest for Peace with a screening at Coffee Talk in Kaimuki. In addition to watching the film attendees learned about how the film came to be, saw behind-the-scenes video and interviews, saw movie memorabilia, and participated in a drawing for a Superman IV related collectible. tinyposters_FCBD2016
November 15, 2017 Members of Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii attend a screening of Superman: The Movie at Consolidated Theatres Ward 16. Superman The Movie screening
November 16, 2017 Members of Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii converge at Regal Theaters Dole Cannery to see the film Justice League. Justice League film
June 3, 2018 Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii participates in the first successful international Superman club conversation via Skype with Superman Fans of Indonesia. SFaCoH and SFoI
June 7-10, 2018 Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii attends the 2018 Superman Celebration in Metropolis Illinois.  The event celebrates Superman’s 80th anniversary and Superman: The Movie’s 40th anniversary. Superman Celebration 2018
June 12, 2018 Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii visits the Supertam on 66 Ice Cream Shop and Museum in Carterville Missouri and visits with its owner and Superman collector Larry Tamminen. Supertam on 66 2018
July 7, 2018 Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii celebrates its 18th anniversary during Superman Fan Night at Other Realms. Nine new members are welcomed to the group. Superman Fan Night 2018
July 10, 2018 The Cover Gallery returns to SupermanHawaii.com with new additions. Superman Fan Night 2018
July 15, 2018 Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii return to the Hawaii All-Collectors Show 2018.  Vintage Superman collectibles on display and visitors compete in the SuperQuiz for prizes.
Superman Fan Night 2018
July 19, 2018 The Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii Instagram account is launched!
Instagram
July 27, 2018 The Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii Member Portal goes live and allows members access to exclusive resources.
Instagram
September 15, 2018 Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii participate in Blood Donor Day 2018. Members donate blood and offer support to help save lives.
Blood Donor Day 2018
November 25, 2018 Members of Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii attend the Fathom Events showing of Superman: The Movie for its 40th Anniversary.
Superman: The Movie 40th
January 14, 2019 Members gathered at Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 16 to watch the Fathom Events double feature showing of Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen animated movies.
Fathom Double Feature
April 2, 2019 Google officially shuts down all consumer Google+ sites including the Superman Fans and Collectors of Hawaii Google+ page.
SupermanHawaiiGooglePlusLaunch2016
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