The wood boards look painted... are they supposed to be painted? If they are painted, the paint should be worn off in spots, especially around the edges, and if it's not painted, it looks too chocolately and there's not enough contrast and detail in the wood grain.
It's almost certainly anodized rather than painted, so any missing paint would be in much finer scratches and only on the highest areas. No flaky paint of any sort. I'd also expect more paint splotches from previous use than the paint being scratched off.
@ duncan: Awesome :] Here's an update on the head and a quick paint over for a suit design... suck at mech stuff (and yes, that will be panda face paint.)