All GI Joes are about the same. aand Jerry's is just smaller since they don't have auto parts,or tools etc.
As for making it your way, I have not. The significant other has been dealing with Lymphoma, And I was working on a job last fall that if I had taken more than a few days off for hunting, I probably woud have been laid off much sooner than I was. I only took 2 1/2 days off for Elk season, and 2 days off to go deer hunting in Stevens county in December (we had 2 Antlerless tags apiece) which we combined for a Snowmobiling trip.
(which has been the ONLY sledding trip this winter)