Best way to add JSON object to another

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I’m struggling with the right way to add an object retrieved from json to a custom object.

What I want to be able to do is add this custom object and set the value for Enabled to $true in some instances and other instances set it to $false. I need to replicate this task many times and then repost it with the values I want in the task sequence I need. (This is for TFS 2015 r3 release tasks.)
The issue is when I have the same object $tasks2add[0] added more than once in my new object and I change the value of enabled to either true or false it resets all the previous ones I added to my custom object to the same value.

I’ve tried using several differnt methods of adding and I cannot seem to find the on that doesn’t seem to make a reference to the value rather than an explicitly copying the object from the json source.

My sample code is in this gist:

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Hello! You should copy your object with all its properties, not just referencing the properties.
Replace these lines:

$newArraylist.Add((New-object pscustomobject ($tasks2add[0])))
$newArraylist.Add((New-object pscustomobject ($tasks2add[1])))
$newArraylist.Add((New-object pscustomobject ($tasks2add[0])))
$newArraylist.Add((New-object pscustomobject ($tasks2add[1])))

With these:

$newArraylist.Add($tasks2add[0].PSObject.Copy())
$newArraylist.Add($tasks2add[1].PSObject.Copy())
$newArraylist.Add($tasks2add[0].PSObject.Copy())
$newArraylist.Add($tasks2add[1].PSObject.Copy())

And voilà! It works.

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Thank you Nimms Great Tip thank you very much… Much Appreciated.