Even though I bought into the Beta which includes the Mercenary edition, would they look at doing a physical boxed collectors edition (with star maps/replica ships/soundtrack/artbook/mousepad).
I bought the boxed collectors edition which was sold during kickstarter, so once they get those under production I see no reason why they would not sell boxed versions from then on.
I bought the boxed collector edition too. My backers app says:
DRM-free collector's premium boxed edition of "Elite: Dangerous". Includes a T shirt with "I backed Elite: Dangerous" on the back, an A3 Star Map and a paperback copy of the official sequel to "The Dark Wheel".