So close! Only £35,000 (or so) left until it is funded on Kickstarter... although only 57 hours to do it in. Looks like it's going to make it with a little room to spare (touch wood).
Well, f £1,250,000 goal is certainly high, but hope it will make it.
About later buying a boxed game, I am not sure, but seems Kickstarter bounties are separated.
Boxed version now is at 60GBP reward
Pledge £60 or more
Physical DRM-free boxed edition of "Elite: Dangerous" plus all rewards above (please note: the disc in the pack is simply an alternative way to install the game - it will have the same online account code whether installed off disc or downloaded digitally).
Estimated delivery: Mar 2014 Add £15 to ship outside the UK
Including PayPal pledges, I believe they ended-up with over £1.6 million... although they then have to pay their Kickstarter fees, their taxes, manufacture & post all those mugs, models, etc. So probably they have around £0.8 million to play with at the end of the day.