Cabbage Patch Kids, PS3...iPhone?

As a marketer, one thing that's always amazed me about product promotion is how nutty people get when a good's made available. I think I was in the 5th grade when the Cabbage Patch Kids craze forced people to nearly maul each other in toy stores, and the PS3 violence we witnessed in recent history is utterly unbelievable.

I'll be watching the events transpire tomorrow with the 6PM EST release of the iPhone. Now, I'm not one to wish ill will on anybody or exhibit schaudenfreude, but I'm really looking forward to seeing how crazy it gets when vendors invariably run out of units. With people waiting out in the cold for hours, it's a sure bet things will get dicey.