Option 1: Box without discs.
However, if the boxed game is only going to be a couple of weeks late, I'm fine with option 2. Just don't let a few weeks delay turn into months... as was the case with other KS games I've supported:
Wasteland 2 CE (3 months), Jane Jensen's Moebius (8 months), and Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect CE (9 months).