I wish I had some dark steck to call my own, is it still available in the states or not? (when I go to NY in two weeks)
Sadly no, all my dark steck came from 3 eBay wins. Two sets I bid on while in the UK, and Gepetto took them in for me, the third I found recently on eBay (and it wasn't quite complete). The set 5725 was produced in 2002, for the North American Market, so you might find ione tucked into a corner in a smaller toystore, but it's highly unlikely.