Hello @goestoeleven, Hearty Welcome to the Candy Friends section of our friendly King Community
Yes, True!! An extra life popping out as gift from the Reward Boxes was indeed a great feature It is currently on hold now as they are trying to make it better... because many players said that "the extra life" is being wasted when we have full set of lives in the game!! We will see it again in near future
If you are interested, please participate in this contest to win some free boosters... It is for level # 496 http://to.king.com/Zmki
** Also, if you play other games, there are few other links given below to my post here... check them out
Thank you for posting in the Community! Have a great weekend!