Once you build up the multiplier and bonus, every single time you hit either the right saucer (like in this pic) or the one at the top of the mini-field, the game stops while it slowly adds the bonus score. How long does it take? I have the full x5 multiplier and the bonus at 6,000, so not to capacity. It took 48 seconds to tally, and after that, when I got the ball back, I made the saucer again less than five seconds later. So in 101 total seconds of gameplay, 98 of it was spent watching numbers trickle down waiting for the ball to release.