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Well yes, that is how I passed it, but the assumption is that they don't have party poppers. Levels should be possible without using party poppers. I don't use them any more. Just UFOs. Party poppers are too expensive to buy with gold and I can't get them any other way if I don't spend money.
It's not just you and not just in the 12,000+ level range any more. I started a new game recently, to test if new players are still getting a better deal, and this is what I got at legendary level 410:
It took another two tries later, (the offer did not go beyond +125 moves) when the game finally let me pass without buying my way out. It's ridiculous. They had gifted me 4 hours of indefinite lives out of the blue, so I thought I'll test out how long it will take until they give me a lucky board to pass this level, which only has 17 moves and relies entirely on a lucky board or the use of boosters to pass. I had to play the level again and again for almost an hour until they let me pass. They are just killing this game by blocking players like this. It is so obviously rigged. I don't think Candy Crush deserves the name "game" any more. A game is something that you can win with a strategy or with luck. Candy Crush does neither of these. It's just pre-determined by the algorithm they give you.