A far north Queensland family have received an outpouring of kindness after their disabled son's wrestling figurines were stolen from his backyard cubby house last month.

Jesse Fullerton, 11, has Down syndrome and struggled to understand why someone would steal his beloved figurines when he discovered they were missing.

"For the few days afterwards he kept going out to the backyard and asking us when the bad people were going to bring his toys back," said his mother, Amanda Fullerton.

"It was very hard for him to comprehend that they were gone and that they weren't coming back," she said.

"He doesn't comprehend that people steal, that's not in his nature."

Before the theft of his collection, Jesse had more than 80 wrestling figurines, including a 1-metre tall figurine of his favourite wrestler, John Cena.

"[Jesse] used to actually physically wrestle with that one himself," Ms Fullerton said.

"That was the worst thing to lose because now when Jesse goes outside he wants to wrestle with us."

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'More good people than bad'

When Queensland Police heard about the theft officers at Jesse's local station did more than just investigate the crime.

They made contact with toy manufacturer Mattel and the Australian arm of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to see if they could help.

"Through some negotiations, Mattel and the WWE have helped Jesse out to make it right, and supplied some new figurines and even some tickets to an event on the Gold Coast," Sergeant Michael McGarry said.

"That goes some way in trying to show Jesse that there are more good people out there than there are bad people," he said.

Community members have also rallied around Jesse, donating unused wrestling toys to him in the wake of the theft.

Jesse has had a mixture of new and used figurines donated to him, as well as a family pass to a live wrestling event on the Gold Coast in December. ( ABC Far North: Mark Rigby )

"He gets excited about opening things, but I don't think he understands where they're all coming from," Ms Fullerton said.

"It's up to us as his family to keep telling him, and the one thing we have been telling him is that there's more good people than bad people around.

"I think he's starting to understand that a bit more."

Silver lining to a thoughtless crime

Sergeant McGarry said although police were attuned to dealing with heinous acts, crimes like this were often the most heartbreaking.

"When you've got a victim of crime like young Jesse … it puts a bit of a ripple through the police," he said.

"Fortunately we have been able to right it a little bit for him, but it doesn't take away that feeling of someone coming into his yard and taking his toys.

"Until we identify that person there's a little bit of a knot still there that we really wish we could untie."

While the family is still unsettled by the thought of someone stealing Jesse's toys, today's outcome has "restored our faith in humanity".

"It's overwhelmed us that all these people have done all these things helped us to replace them," Ms Fullerton said.

"We never would have been able to replace them on our own, it would have cost us a fortune and taken forever.

"As a family we found it a little bit hard to accept all these donations, but somebody said we have to do it so Jesse understands there are good people out there that want to help."