Good news! Two apparently-intact displays arrived from Digikey today! I'll need a few days to get the rest of the project out of storage and load the project state back into my head, but at long last the project can continue!

Interestingly, these new displays don't have the "NO OPTICAL BONDING" sticker on them. I wonder if this means that I can press them right up against the acrylic... I'll have to find out.