Form 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Struthers, Gregory L. (Last)       (First)       (Middle) 7625 E. Redfield Road # 200 (street) Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 (City)       (State)       (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/14/2001	4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Hot Products, Inc.   (HPIC)
	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ###-##-####	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _X_ Director                    ___10% Owner _X_ Officer (give             ___ Other (specify           title below)                             below) Executive Vice President	6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
			7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock	284,444 Shares	D	N/A

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exer- cisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Deri- vative Security	5. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exer-cisable	Expira- tion Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).	/s/ Gregory L. Struthers **Signature of Reporting Person	03/22/2001  Date
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