Arcade Button Switch Plunger and Insert

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These are plungers, inserts, and surrounds for standard Chinese LED arcade buttons found commonly on Amazon, often branded under "Easyget," "Qenker," etc. Mostly they come in sets of blue and red, and I discovered that the blue buttons were extremely harsh when lit, not filtering much of the white LED inside at all. So, I experimented with a couple of different methods to diffuse the light. One was an insert to go between the plunger and inside of the button cap. It worked well, but it's really thin and hard to make look good. Then, I tried modifying the plunger, and my first attempt was a complete success (as shown in the picture). The surround was added to get them to match aesthetically with some of the other buttons I had available on hand.