The covenant side of the starter set is made up of a majority of "Grunts" the "scoop-head style Covenant troops". I would like the have seen "Brutes" in the starter although having 2 "Hunters" included is nice to see. 1 Spartan is kind of a let down though. I am waiting to see the price of that Pelican. Anyone want to make a prediction? 
Yeah, but I'm almost certain we'll see the Brutes at some point. They were present on Reach during the Covenant invasion, and you had to deal with them quite a bit in Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST. Patience, my friend.
But those Hunters look pretty sweet, don't they?
I think only having one Spartan is pretty balanced, actually. Spartans weren't everywhere, and they didn't tend to deploy in large formations (not that I'm aware of, anyway). I think it's easy to get sucked into a "Spartan-centric" viewpoint of the Human-Covenant War because that's how most of us experienced it--whether through playing Spartan 117 through the original three games and Halo 4 and 5, or through playing as a part of Noble Team in Reach. But the fact is, 117 was just one soldier (albeit a very, very good one) in a much, MUCH broader conflict. I like that Spartan Games has given us the whole galaxy, so to speak, not just one star in that galaxy.
Don't quote me on this, but...I *think* I read someplace that the Pelican will be somewhere in the neighborhood of $60. Now that I've seen the model, I'm guessing it's going to be more than that...maybe $80 or $90? I hope I'm wrong, because at that scale I'm going to want three of them to hang in flying formation from the ceiling in my hobby room.
