The Neo Japan Story
Neo Japan is a comprehensive universe that several of Abe’s releases have emerged from, including the Iron Meat (2015) sofubi figure we’ll be examining today. But before we closely look at this stunning 8.25” piece, let’s take a quick overview of the universe it belongs to.
Neo Japan takes place at an unspecified point in the future, a time when Tokyo is overtaken by an epidemic known as “Zombing,” an outbreak that makes the faces of those infected become identical, making them lose their sense of individuality, and the only common factor seems to be that these are all people who have become dependent on a mysterious company’s quote-unquote “STUFF.”
This epidemic was the direct result of a scientist known as Dr. K trying to unlock the secrets of the universe through human experimentation, medical tests that accidentally created a monster who almost immediately escaped. The monster fell into the clutches of the mysterious company and their exploitation of the creature resulted in “Zombing.”

My Impressions of Iron Meat
The Iron Meat character first appeared as a more realistic looking Garage Kit-style sculpture, but the recent soft vinyl versions have a lovely playful, cartoonish toy feel about them. In addition to the light-colored Magical Iron Meat version, which was released at the 2015 New York Comic Con & Taipei Toy Festival, I also have the Medicom exclusive Iron Mega Meat (2016) edition.

Typically produced in very small, hand-painted editions, the major drawback of these — and all RESTORE releases — is that they are difficult for the average collector to get their hands on. But my fingers are crossed that this will change and more readily available versions will be forthcoming.
Editions of Iron Meat [show]
Editions of Iron Meat [hide]
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Iron Meat, 2015
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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RESTORE (Junnosuke Abe)
Iron Meat – Black Death Meat, 2015
Vinyl & paper, edition of 1
dimensions variable
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Iron Meat – Pray Meat, 2015
Vinyl, edition of 1
dimensions variable
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Magical Iron Meat, 2015
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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RESTORE (Junnosuke Abe)
Iron Mega Meat, 2015
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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RESTORE (Junnosuke Abe)
Iron Meat – Dragon Zombie (Blue), 2015
Vinyl, edition of 1
dimensions variable
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Iron Meat – Dragon Zombie (Red), 2015
Vinyl, edition of 1
dimensions variable
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Iron Ultra Meat, 2015
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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Iron Sunrise Meat, 2016
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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Iron Meat – White, 2016
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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Iron Thermography Meat, 2016
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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Iron Meat – Orihalkong Meat, 2016
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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Iron Meat – Burning Sun, 2016
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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Iron Meat – Purple, 2016
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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Iron Meat – Hemoglobin Meat, 2017
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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RESTORE (Junnosuke Abe)
Iron Meat – Glow, 2017
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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RESTORE (Junnosuke Abe)
Iron Meat – Modern Meat, 2017
Vinyl & cloth, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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RESTORE (Junnosuke Abe)
Iron Meat & Final More Meat – Power Meat Set, 2017
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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RESTORE (Junnosuke Abe)
Iron Meat – Angel Abby, 2017
Vinyl, unknown edition size
dimensions variable
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