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Wow, that was fast!  Great photos.  

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So it's a 1-cent resistor and a 1-cent diode.  Apparently the wire-terminals of the components themselves are bent thru the plastic sockets.  These look thicker than the wire terminals of the bulb but I guess are not too thick to impede plugging in the LED version.  It looks like they had to grind off the flange of the LED to make it fit in the plastic holder(?).  There are so-called flange-less LEDs that don't have this lip but are less common and undoubtedly more expensive.

The brightness looks great!  The efficiency (lumens per watt) of these LEDs has improved rapidly.  When they first came available to the consumer/hobbyist I don't think they would have been bright enough for this application.

Kudos for your curiosity to confirm what's under-the-hood. 

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