If I remember the panda event correctly, You should be ok waiting until Monday for the fix. Spend today gathering materials for the beams, blocks and vines.
S8 has fixed the problem with crafting the three items so that we can begin collecting as soon as the first of three is crafted.
ALSO, someone should start a thread in the bugs section. Each android user should comment on the thread.
My second gigantus spawn did not drop a hide.
Both ponds dropped 1 water.