What I find most fascinating about all this rollercoaster-switch-thriller story is that neither Invyr not mech27 ever said anything on this matter, not a single fuking word. (Well, except the initial statement that it's impossible to produce new switches.) It's thought-provoking stuff. I bet all three of these guys from the Panda story know a lot more than they were really ready to say. And we may never know what really happened.
At least Jesus does.
27 never posted on GH but he talked about a bit in slack and personally with me
tl;dr the og panda mold does exist, but its broken
dunno what the plan is there
EDIT: the mold is damaged, and is in the process of being repaired
there are more original pandas coming
MD is currently gearing up for production of stock holy pandas. Supposedly they will be available this month.