Pausable Observable with buffer

index.js

const { rxObserver, palette } = require('api/v0.3');
const { merge, timer, Subject, from, empty } = require('rxjs');
const { filter, startWith, bufferToggle, take, flatMap, zip, distinctUntilChanged, share, skip, map, windowToggle } = require('rxjs/operators');

// stream for coloring
const palette$ = from(palette);

const source$ = timer(0, 10).pipe(
    take(10),
    // get color for each item
    zip(palette$, Marble)
  );

const pauseSubj$ = new Subject();
const pause$ = pauseSubj$.pipe(
  distinctUntilChanged(),
  share()
);

const on$ = pause$.pipe(filter(v=>!v));
const off$ = pause$.pipe(filter(v=>v));

const result$ =
  merge(
    source$.pipe(
      bufferToggle(
        off$,
        ()=>on$
      ),
      flatMap(x=>x)
    )
    ,
    source$.pipe(
      windowToggle(
        on$,
        ()=>off$
      ),
      flatMap(x=>x)
    )
  );

turnPause(false, 0);
turnPause(true, 30);
turnPause(false, 60);

// Subscriptions
source$.subscribe(rxObserver());
pause$.pipe(
  skip(1),
  map(v => v
    ? Marble('||', '#ffffff')
    : Marble('▶', '#ffffff'))
  )
  .subscribe(rxObserver());

result$.subscribe(rxObserver());

// helpers
function turnPause(value, delay){
  setTimeout(()=>{
    pauseSubj$.next(value);  
  }, delay);
}

// creates a colored Marble
function Marble(value,color) {
  return {
    valueOf: ()=>value
    , color
  };
}

Run at http://observable-playground.github.io/gist/cef1572743cbf3f46105ec2ba56228cd