Once he had listed each item and sent video proof of his \u201cmini museum\u201d, Guinness World Records approved his application and he was officially a record-holder.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was not something I expected, but I\u2019m really chuffed,\u201d Morris said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s cool, it doesn\u2019t change how I feel how about the game, it doesn\u2019t change my desire about what I want to collect but it is a cool additional item to add on the list.<\/p>\n
\u201cNever once, until Guinness World Records contacted me, had I thought \u2018I\u2019m going for a Guinness World Record\u2019 – I didn\u2019t actually believe the email when it was first sent to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Morris currently boasts over 1800 Catan collectable items. Photo \/ Fin Ocheduszko Brown<\/p>\n
Morris\u2019 love for the game sparked in 2001 when friends invited him and his wife over to play.<\/p>\n
Not long after that experience, he purchased his first Catan set; the 3rd edition set of \u201cThe Settlers of Catan\u201d with the \u201cCities and Knights\u201d expansion.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t until 2017 that he began actively collecting. <\/p>\n
He also wanted to have something to do to unwind from work, which was particularly busy around that time.<\/p>\n
He currently has more than 1800 Catan collectable items amounting to an estimated \u201clow six-figures\u201d worth – 300 more items than when his record was set in March.<\/p>\n
Morris was sent a congratulations message from the Catan GmBH chief executive and game designer Benjamin Teuber.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Catan celebrates its 30th anniversary, millions of loyal players around the world continue to support the game. Among them, some truly stand out \u2014 like Nygllhuw, with his incredible collection,\u201c he wrote. <\/p>\n
\u201cNews of it has reached us all the way from New Zealand back here in Germany. Congratulations on your world record.\u201d<\/p>\n
Morris\u2019 favourite set is the 3D 10th Anniversary Collectors Edition set that he bought in 2006.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the standard play set that my family and I use most often, we\u2019ll take this to the pub and play,\u201d Morris said.<\/p>\n
His rarest set is the 1995, or possibly 1994, Die Siedler Von Catan pre-release test game, which was signed by Teuber.<\/p>\n
It is the only known survivor of the 10 pre-test copies sold.<\/p>\n
The rarest set in his possession is the 1994-95 Die Siedler Von Catan pre-release test game set. Photo \/ Fin Ocheduszko Brown<\/p>\n
While he has spent a lot of money on his collection, he said 65% of total costs are shipping fees.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe costs have been horrendous, you buy a little pin that might cost $2 and it costs $30 to get it here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t suppose it slows me down really but I do think twice about some items.\u201d<\/p>\n
He has been fortunate in recent years with the community he has built, with Catan collectors worldwide helping him add to his collection.<\/p>\n
His German friend Erwin Stratmann has been particularly helpful by packaging items in bulk of up to 10kg so it works out cheaper for Morris.<\/p>\n
Morris wants to collect all English language Catan products, which he currently only has 10 left to get.<\/p>\n
He also wants to collect the base game in every language and favourite games in all languages available.<\/p>\n
Later down the line, Morris would like to be able to find somewhere to donate his items, such as a toy or board game museum.<\/p>\n
Fin Ocheduszko Brown is a multimedia journalist based in Whanganui.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once he had listed each item and sent video proof of his \u201cmini museum\u201d, Guinness World Records approved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[86224,21642,30271,2082,43862,19136,5158,86226,111,139,86225,69,1974,1973,213,1883,377,19985],"class_list":["post-123282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-catan","tag-collection","tag-figures","tag-for","tag-guinness","tag-largest","tag-man","tag-morris","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nygllhuw","tag-nz","tag-record","tag-sets","tag-sports","tag-whanganui","tag-world","tag-worth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}